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that technology involves a process known as fracking. in earlier reports, the newshour has covered the intense debate about fracking itself, otherwise known as "hydraulic fracturing." you can find links to our reports, plus much more information aboufracking, on our web site. >> brown: and now to a rare and very inside look at the philosophy and practice of a hugely influential and highly provocative supreme court justice. margaret warner talks with antonin scalia. >> warner: well, for 26 years on the supreme court justice antonin scalia has long grounded his opinions in the words of the constitution and the law. now he and lexicographer brian garner have issued a 567 page book laying out for other judges how and why theyhould do the same. it outlines nearly 60 must-do canons of interpretation and dismisses another 13 notions as wrong-headed. the new book is "reading law, the interpretation of legal text." and justice scalia joins me now. thank you for being here. >> thank you. good to be here. >> warner: you're a busy man, judging 75, 8
that technology involves a process known as fracking. in earlier reports, the newshour has covered the intense debate about fracking itself, otherwise known as "hydraulic fracturing." you can find links to our reports, plus much more information aboufracking, on our web site. >> brown: and now to a rare and very inside look at the philosophy and practice of a hugely influential and highly provocative supreme court justice. margaret warner talks with antonin scalia. >>...
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supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: after days of deadlock, there were signs today that congress may be near agreement on extending payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for the rest of the year. judy woodruff has the story. >> woodruff: last night, house republicans dropped a demand that the $100 billion tax cut be paid for. and this evening, congressional aides suggested the deal could include long-term unemployment assistance as well, plus money to block a cut in medicare payments for doctors. for what's been happening behind the scenes on capitol hill, we're joined by todd zwillich, a reporter with "the takeaway" on wnyc radio. he's been tracking the negotiations. todd, good to have you with us. >> good to be with you. >> woodruff: in has all happened very quickly. why did rep
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they help them with analysis, technology, it's technology they don't have and in some cases can't buy from the united states and there is a feeling that on that side of it they are indeed suffering. >> brown: finally, jane, this comes amid a continuing political conflict there, right? the u.s. embassy called this a heinous act that "tears at the fabric of iraqi unity." what is the state of iraqi unity in the government at this point? >> well, that fabric was pretty orn already. it was supposed to be a unity government. it was brought together partly by the united states which helped broker a deal in which there would be a wide-ranging coalition. now that coalition has really frayed and it would take hours to get into the complications of exactly how dysfunctional the political system has been but among the highlights are a sunni vice president wanteded for terrorism who refuses to come back for trial, no defense minister, no interior minister, almost a year after elections were held. despite that, this country sort of stumbles along and it's one of the astonishing things. so they are
they help them with analysis, technology, it's technology they don't have and in some cases can't buy from the united states and there is a feeling that on that side of it they are indeed suffering. >> brown: finally, jane, this comes amid a continuing political conflict there, right? the u.s. embassy called this a heinous act that "tears at the fabric of iraqi unity." what is the state of iraqi unity in the government at this point? >> well, that fabric was pretty orn...
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supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the democrats are already under way here in charlotte this evening, beginning their quadrennial national gathering. their goal: to reelect the president, who spent this day campaigning not so far away. hari sreenivasan begins our coverage of the day's events. >> with the convention gearing up in north carolina, president obama was in virginia, another battleground state he care field will 2008. at norfolk state university, he argued his reelection gives the country its best chance to move forward. >> now the other side will tell you about their ideas, but on thursday night i'm going to look forward to sharing mine with you a path that will create good jobs and strengthen our middle-class and grow our economy. >> sreenivasan: the president als
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supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: this was a day of medals and milestones for u.s. athletes at the london olympics. we take a look now at some of what went on, including marquee results from the competition. spoiler alert: if you don't want to know the results just yet, you might want to tune out for a moment. gray skies and puddles didn't keep the crowds away from day four of competition at london's olympic park. after some early disappoint, today proved to be with a good one for u.s. fans. the women's gymnastics team won its first team gold since 1996 and beating the russians handily. and with two trips to the medal podium today, american swimmer mike phelps became the most decorated olympian of all time. he's now won 19 medals over all, 15 gold, two silvers and two bronze. al
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and martin schmidt is associate provost at the massachusetts institute of technology, where he's also a professor of electrical engineering. gentlemen, i want to start by getting all three of you to take a look at where manufacturing stands. politicians from both parties have recently been campaigning on the idea that reviving manufacturing is a central part of reviving the economy. professor reich, where do you stand? >> well, obviously manufacturing jobs are good jobs, they have been good jobs. we need to do what we can do to bring back manufacturing. but let's not fool ourselves. we're not going to have the kind of manufacturing-based economy we had 30 or 40 years ago. a lot of the assembly jobs that... in our heads when we think about manufacturing actually have been turned into robotics, numerically controlled machine tools. if you go into an american factory or chinese factory you see technicians sitting behind computer consoles controlling a lot of robots and numerically controled machines so it's not as labor intensive as it once was. >> suarez: jack mcdougle? >> secretary rei
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supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: israel and the militant group hamas slid closer to all-out war today. the israelis blasted gaza with scores of air strikes, and the palestinians said 16 people were killed there. hamas and its allies fired more than 200 rockets and even struck as far away as tel aviv. three israelis were killed. we begin with this report by john ray of "independent television news." ( gunfire ) >> reporter: in gaza, gunfire and a thirst for revenge. thousands throng the streets for the funeral of a hamas leader killed by israel. the first death of this conflict but how many more will follow? the mood here is of great anger and defiance. militarily, hamas is no match for the israeli air force. but they say this ia death that must and will be avenged. so, no cease
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supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: gunfire tore at the nation's holiday mood again today, with the emotional wounds from a school massacre still fresh. there were more fatal shootings, including one in western new york, where an attacker lay in wait for a fire crew. >> responding firefighters when they pulled up on the scene started receiving -- were fired upon. >> police speaking shortly after a home and car erupted in flames. it was arson they said later that turned out to be an ambush. >> it does appear that it was a trap that was set. for responding first responders. >> gunmen killed two volunteer firefighters and wounded two others then killed himself. police identified him as william spangler, he haddon time, 17 years for manslaughter but ha motive for today's attack was
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supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers ke y. thank you. >> brown: the u.s. house of representatives headed toward approval this evening of a tax plan that republicans backed and democrats said was a waste of time. the division demonstrated that efforts to get a bi-partisan agreement and avoid the fiscal cliff are stuck in stalemate. >> the house will be in order. >> brown: house republicans pushed their plan b. despite a veto threat from the white house and the strong opposition of senate democrats. speaker john boehner insisted the president had left him with no alternative. >> for weeks the white house said if i moved on rates that they would make substantial concessions on spending cuts and entitlement reforms. i did my part. they've done nothing. >> brown: the public sniping continued: at the white house
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supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: a new jersey courtroom drew nationwide attention today. the sentence was handed down in a case involving a gay college student who killed himself after being spied on by his roommate. >> i heard this jury say "guilty" 288 times. 24 questions, 12 jurors. that's the multiplication. and i haven't heard you apologize once. >> brown: after delivering a stern lecture, judge glenn berman gave dharum ravi 30 days behind bars, plus three years of probation. the 20-year-old ravi could have gotten ten years in prison for convictions on invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and destroying evidence. in march, a jury found him guilty of using a webcam to record his rutgers roommate tyler clementi in a sexual encounter with another man, then posting about it
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